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Comparison of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living assessment by face-to-face or telephone interviews: a randomized, crossover study

open access: yesAlzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2020
Background The functional autonomy assessment is essential to manage patients with a neurodegenerative disease, but its evaluation is not always possible during a consultation.
Virginie Dauphinot   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of public transport in addressing sustainable mobility for the elderly population in Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Over the past few years, several countries have continued experiencing a growth in their elderly population. Similarly, a number of towns and villages in Malta registered a high elderly population in the last census (NSO, 2012).
Attard, Maria, Mifsud, Deborah
core   +1 more source

What is important to the GP in recognizing acute appendicitis in children: a delphi study

open access: yesBMC Primary Care, 2023
Background For diagnostic research on appendicitis in registration data, insight is needed in the way GPs generate medical records. We aimed to reach a consensus on the features that GPs consider important in the consultation and medical records when ...
Guus C.G.H. Blok   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of faecal calprotectin testing on referrals for children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in primary care: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms are frequently seen in primary care, yet general practitioners (GPs) often experience challenges distinguishing functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) from organic disorders.
Patrick Ferry van Rheenen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting carers of stroke survivors to reduce carer burden: development of the Preparing is Caring intervention using Intervention Mapping

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background Burden is well documented among carers of stroke survivors, yet current evidence is insufficient to determine if any strategies reduce this negative outcome.
Jessica F. Hall   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly: changes in case-mix and periprocedural outcomes in 31758 patients treated between 2000 and 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
<p>Background: The elderly account for an increasing proportion of the population and have a high prevalence of coronary heart disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common method of revascularization in the elderly.
Eteiba, H.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Lactoferrin-Loaded PEG/PLA Block Copolymer Targeted With Anti-Transferrin Receptor Antibodies for Alzheimer Disease

open access: yesDose-Response, 2020
Last few years, struggles have been reported to develop the nanovesicles for drug delivery via the brain–blood barrier (BBB). Novel drugs, for instance, iAβ 5 , are efficient to inhibit the aggregates connected to the treatment of Alzheimer disease and ...
Guichen Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer from the registHER observational study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Limited data exist regarding treatment patterns and outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). registHER is an observational study of patients (N = 1,001) with HER2-positive MBC diagnosed within 6 months of enrollment
Brufsky, Adam M   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Housing the Aging Baby Boomers: Implications for Local Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Most elderly want to age in place. Yet, most elderly live in suburban and rural communities ill-suited to meet the changing aging-related demands. This paper discusses various issues communities need to address when balancing the demands of aging baby ...
Geoffrey K. Turnbull, John W. Matthews
core   +1 more source

Anaemia and associated factors among older adults in an urban district in China: a large-scale cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective Anaemia leads to poor health outcomes in older adults; however, most current research in China has focused on younger adults. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors in older adults in an urban ...
Wenqing Ni   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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